Too old to claim PIP but get AA at the highest rate

2oldcodgers

Seems to me, and I have done a lot of research on this, that for those who have great difficulty in moving around and are too old to claim PIP (mobility) but yet receive the day and night award of AA for difficulty in moving around  a Blue Badge is only awarded by concession after a lengthy and grueling assessment of their mobility issues.
The AA award counts for nothing.
Surely there must be some case law on this subject as to me this is age discrimination being too old to claim a mobility benefit (PIP) yet AA is only concerned with care that is needed - mobility is ignored.

calcotti

Unfortunately, what you have said is correct and AA has not include a mobility component and has therefore hasn't help with Blue Badges.

2oldcodgers

Thanks, it is a sad state of affairs that say a 85 year old who is awarded AA primarily because of the lack of mobility finds that they can only apply online. There used to be a form to make a written claim but these have have ceased.
So this 85 year old has to have the means and ability first of all to make the claim online.
Then the following is a list of what the council want to see as evidence:

• A letter of diagnosis (from a specialist), as up-to-date as possible
• Evidence of the progression of the condition over time
• Confirmation of ongoing treatments/clinic attendances, or referral
• Evidence of prescribed medication relevant to your condition
• Evidence of specialist consultations, or referral
• Your Patient Summary or Summary Care Records
• Education Health and Care Plans (EHCP)
• Care Plans from social care teams
• Social housing letters or assessment reports from a local authority
• Letters from other professionals involved in your care
• Personal Independence Payment (PIP) decision letters
• Evidence of other benefits received
• Contact details of professionals involved in your care

IMPORTANT - you should not ask your GP to write a letter

Please Note: some organisations or specialists may charge a fee for providing documentary evidence on request, the council cannot help with these costs.

Goodness knows how he/she is going to get that info together never mind paying the costs for it.

As for the assessment, the following check form is what is used by the assessor. The assessment itself will take approx 45mins. And to be aware that you will be viewed from the start that you enter the room/space. The assessment starts from when you arrive.

Appendix B - Pilloted mobility assessment proforma (publishing.service.gov.uk)

I didn't have to do any of that for my PIP assessment. It was based on the medication I take and how I acted during the overall assessment - to include the care descriptors. I was placed without question in the descriptor that I physically could not walk more than 20 metres.

Hence because of all of this my wife cannot get a BB despite the fact that she can't walk more than 10 metres fact! 

Just having a gripe folks about how the aged BB applicants are now sifted out.

poppy123456

Are you asking on behalf of your wife or someone else? 

2oldcodgers

poppy123456 said:

Are you asking on behalf of your wife or someone else? 

Partly but I am looking at the bigger picture also.
I wonder how many aged disabled people there are that are put off for the many reasons I have quoted and shown above from either applying for a BB in the first place or are refused because the claimant is so confused that they could not get hold of the relevant evidence and/or they could not cooperate fully with the assessment process. 

2oldcodgers

woodbine said:

The state assumes that most people over 66 have mobility issues that's why they are committed from AA, the application form for AA can be downloaded and completed by hand.

Thanks but I am talking about a Blue Badge application  and the process that the elderly have to go through to get one. Many will already have an Attendance Allowance award in place but it is clear from the Blue Badge documentation (application & assessment) that such an award (AA) is totally disregarded - it proves nothing as regards mobility limitation.